Reformer: Overhead Press & Swan
March 3, 2020
Perfect for people who spend a lot of time sitting! Spinal extension (bending backwards) is the perfect way to help correct a slumped posture..
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Perfect for people who spend a lot of time sitting! Spinal extension (bending backwards) is the perfect way to help correct a slumped posture..
Joseph Pilates on creating change: “Change happens through movement, and movement heals” — Return to Life (1945)
Develop shoulder and arm strength whilst stretching your lower back. Pilates: stretch, strength and control. What’s not to love?
Above all else, exercise should be fun! They should have a positive effect on the mind and the body, Ths rolling exercise provides all that in spades!
Good performance requires strength and coordination of the shoulder blades, glutes, hamstrings and calf muscles; the quadriceps, abdominals and hip flexors.
A very narrow base of support combined with a moving leg makes the muscles of the front, side and back all work in a coordinated fashion to stabilise the body. Use the body as a stable platform whilst the leg moves freely!
Helps to create a stretch of the inner thighs – perfect for runners, cyclists and anyone that needs to have open hips: footballers, martial artists or people with hip replacements. Pilates really does have something for everyone!
The Teaser: full body integration: abdominals, shoulders, spine, hip flexors and it’s a great barometer for how our practice is coming along!
Footwork on the Reformer helps us to learn to control hip, ankle and knee joints as well as stretching, strengthening and addressing asymmetries.
This exercise combines what we learned in Rolling Like a Ball and Spine Stretch Forward, but It’s difficulty is increased …
Perfect for all runners and cyclists! It strengthens your spine and balances out your hamstrings with your quads. Pilates has everything for everyone!
The full Corkscrew exercise is a very challenging exercise that works absolutely everything. These are exercises that prepare us for that challenge!
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